as in pointless
having no meaning
this argument over seating arrangements is an utterly meaningless bit of nonsense
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Recent Examples of meaningless
Apologies are meaningless with no actions behind them.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
When asked what makes wealth meaningless, these entrepreneurs believe character trumps cash every time.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But with a roster that only began to take shape late into spring training and would later be derailed by injuries, the team never moved more than four games over .500 and played meaningless baseball for most of September.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
With a 10-zillion dollar payroll, Thursday’s meaningless celebration better not be the only one the Dodgers have this season.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
When asked what makes wealth meaningless, these entrepreneurs believe character trumps cash every time.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But with a roster that only began to take shape late into spring training and would later be derailed by injuries, the team never moved more than four games over .500 and played meaningless baseball for most of September.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
With a 10-zillion dollar payroll, Thursday’s meaningless celebration better not be the only one the Dodgers have this season.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
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Once the ground freezes, water will not penetrate to the root zone, so irrigation is pointless.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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Punishing them after the fact (e.g., for past accidents) is pointless and confusing.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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But the series, like the film, shows that vampires are also multidimensional — vulnerable, emotional, funny, absurd — and completely out of place in the modern world.Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Photo: Their lives often appear dramatic and borderline absurd.Daisy Jones, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2024
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For the people stupid enough to have trusted a midwit career bureaucrat as unscrupulous as President Joe Biden, there’s a sixth stage just before acceptance: delusion.Becket Adams, National Review, 8 Dec. 2024
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Wild Card with Rachel Martin Issa Rae on the belief that gets her through 'stupid mistakes and bad decisions' Lithgow: More.Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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Even in light of how argumentative Suzie has been with Detective Neck Brace, this inane comment feels like gaslighting.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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Perhaps counterintuitively, Succession’s depiction of the workings of the digital media industry as ruthless and inane has actually motivated real digital media workers to actively interact with the show online.Amos Barshad, WIRED, 26 May 2023
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Packed with silly hijinks, this 2004 comedy also stars Kristin Chenoweth and Kristin Davis.Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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But 2024 is not 2017; silly overlays have given way to undetectable beauty filters.Chloe Albanesius, PCMAG, 16 Dec. 2024
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The lines — in banana yellows, tangerine oranges, cranberry reds — twist and turn and suggest an irrational understanding of how the universe works.Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2024
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To prevent yourself from imposing irrational penalties, set up house rules that outline logical consequences in advance.Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Parents, 12 Dec. 2024
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But Mara may not need any coaxing to make sweeping change if the stadium is empty on Sunday and the Giants get blown out by Bergen Catholic-product Darren Rizzi, Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere, many parts of the capital were empty and shops were closed.ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ABBY SEWELL, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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If he can be had for under $10 million a year, the Yankees would be foolish to not pursue that idea.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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What a degrading finale for Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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